Steve King: Congress should end battle against Obamacare

1:16 AM,
Oct. 26, 2013

Written by

Jennifer Jacobs
| jejacobs@dmreg.com

Republican U.S. Rep. Steve King thinks the appetite for another shutdown fight is dwindling - and it's time to end the fruitless congressional fight against Obamacare.

King also said Friday that he won't actively help recruit someone to challenge U.S. Rep. Tom Latham, who infuriated some Iowa conservatives by backing the deal that ended the 16-day partial shutdown of the federal government but didn't sever funding for the federal health care law known as Obamacare.

On Oct. 16, King voted against the deal, which also raised the amount the United States can borrow. Latham voted for it. ...